Pre-budget report: the reaction

"This statement has one purpose and one purpose only - and that's tomorrow's headlines."

Francis Maude, shadow chancellor

"Many of our members already own shares and this means many more will be encouraged to share in the future profits of their companies."

Sir Ken Jackson, general secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union

"Today's announcement will benefit millions of older people across the country, for whom television is a vital source of information and entertainment. As people become older and less mobile, television becomes an increasingly important part of life, leisure and information."